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2013
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Embassy of Sweden unveiled Rabindranath
Tagore’s “Sand Sculpture” in Puri
- To mark the centenary of his Nobel Prize
in Literature
- As part of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial
Week 2013
The sand sculpture, created by international
award-winning sand artist, Mr Sudarshan
Pattnaik, was unveiled on the shore of the
Bay of Bengal by Ms Frida Zaric, Counsellor,
the Embassy of Sweden in India.
On the occasion Mr. Sudarshan Pattnaik,
said: “It is a matter of pride for me to
create the sand sculpture and honor Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore with the Embassy of
Sweden. The contribution of his work has
given India recognition all over the world.”
On the occasion, Ms. Frida Zaric lauded Mr.
Sudarshan Pattnaik’s creativity and said:
“The Embassy of Sweden is delighted to
celebrate the Centenary of Rabindranath
Tagore's Nobel Prize in Literature – the
first non-European to receive one in
literature and the first Indian to be
awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize. The
Sand Sculpture is indeed a unique way to
honor him.”
About The Sweden India Nobel Memorial
Week 2013:
The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week is a
high-profile, multi-city, multi-activity
annual event organized by the Embassy of
Sweden in India in cooperation with leading
Swedish businesses in India. The week is
instituted in memory of Swedish innovator,
entrepreneur and philanthropist Alfred
Nobel and celebrates the Indian Nobel
Laureates as well. The seventh edition of
The Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week pays a
tribute to Rabindranath Tagore, the first
Indian to win the prestigious Nobel Prize
and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in
Literature, on the 100th year anniversary of
his winning the prize.
The programme across eight cities: New
Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune,
Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Mumbai October
25th- November 16th 2013.
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24 hours Special Webcast for Deepavali
As a grand treat to art lovers on Deepavali
day, Paalam had a special programme –
“Kadambam” which featured 24 hours
nonstop webcast of quality music, dance and
drama programmes starting on 2nd November
2013 at 4.30 am and concluded on 3rd
November 4.30am. The 24 hour programme included
a variety fare of Karnatic vocal and
instrumental music, namasankeertanam, dance,
drama, lecture-demonstration, bhajans, film
music – Hindi and Tamil and music ensemble.
It featured 72 programmes and had 307
artists participating in it. Two dramas, “
Naan vedithaal Deepavali” and “Super
Kudumbam” were also webcast.
- paalam.in/tv
paalamconnect@gmail.com
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Three visual miniature art
handcreated compositions were on
display for all ages
Shankaracharya - A Sacred Throw of Dice -
artist Uma Nagraj
A Playful encounter with
Devi
Garudaagamana - A Trumpeting Surrender -
artist Deepika Dorai
Arrival of MahaVishnu to the rescue of a
Bhakta
Gangaavatarana- An ethereal tryst
- artist Deepika Dorai
A Goddess
descends
Rasalok Still theatre of miniature art -
Parallel solo theatre performances were
held on November 2nd and 3rd of two of the
above moments in separate mini-theatre
rooms at 5 pm and 630pm- for all
ages above 6
years.
Dates: November 2, 3,4
Time : 11am to 5pm all three days( viewing
only) .Open to all ages
5pm and 645 pm of 90 minutes each ( 2
parallel solo theatre performances of
miniature moments )
Venue: Rasalok Mini -theatre, Aangana ,
Bimba The Art Ashram, 42 Ratna Vilas Road
(DVG road corner), Near Nagasandra circle
Basavangudi, Bengaluru 4
Language: English/ Kannada
Call: Deepak 9886635069/ 08026622639
Rasalok is now recognised by ICCR - a
Culture wing of the Central Govt - as a
separate unique solo art form - Still
Theatre Tradition from Karnataka
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Maham Parampara presented "OCTOBER
ALAPANAI"- A festival to promote the
talent of the stars of tomorrow in the field
of carnatic and folk music, classical and
folk dance from 11-13 October 2013.
Venue: Rajarathinam Hall
Schedule
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Navarathiri Festival at the World Heritage
Monument, Thanjavur Big Temple for nine days
from October 5-13, 2013 organized by The
South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavu,
assisted by the Palace Devasthanam and
Forum of Friends, SZCC.
Schedule
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Kalasagar, commemorated the 21st death anniversary of
its founder, Kathakali maestro, the late Kalamandalam
Krishnankutty Poduval, as GURUSMARANADINAM
(Homage to Gurus) on Monday, October 14,
2013 at NARADAGANA SABHA, TTK
ROAD, CHENNAI, by honouring eminent
performing artists and gurus in Chennai.
Shri Krishnankutty Poduval, was a legendary
player of the chenda and an informed critic
of Kathakali. He studied the visual grammar
and rhythmic structure of Kathakali under
Guru Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon and went
on to reinterpret the chenda‘s role in
Kathakali. Poduval was reputed for tracing
subtle emotions in the characters with his
chenda, providing mood music to romantic
scenes and prompting the actors to do their
best on stage. His holistic understanding of
Kathakali helped him integrate music with
each visual. This remains an unparalleled
achievement. Poduval scripted and directed
many Kathakali plays like Bhishmaprathignya,
Amba, King Lear, and Snapakacharitham, to
name a few. He left behind a treasure trove
of knowledge on Kerala’s performing arts in
general and on Kathakali in particular -
both at the theoretical and practical
level.
Kalasagar has been annually celebrating its
founder’s birthday on May 28 with events
which have become a part of the cultural
calendar of Kerala with the active support
and participation of well-wishers. In
May 2008, Kerala Kalamandalam published
MELAPERUKKAM, a book containing Poduval’s
articles and in May 2009, Kerala
Kalamandalam published SOURYAGUNAM,
Poduval’s biography written by Prof. K P
Babudas.
Kalasagar Award in memory of Kalamandalam
Krishnankutty Poduval is being presented to
eminent artists in the field of Kathakali,
Ottenthullal, Chakyarkuthu, Thayambaka,
Panchavadyam, Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattom,
Kuchipudi. The awardees are selected through
nominations from art lovers.
The Guru’s honoured at the Chennai
event on October 14, were Dr. Padma
Subramaniam and Prof. A Janardhanan of
Kalakshetra, Chennai.
The evening’s programme started with dance by the students of
Triveni School of Dance, Chennai
followed by presentation of ASHTAPADIYATTAM
a dance drama based on Jaydeva’s
Geetha Govindam conceptualized and
choreographed by Kalamandalam Krishnankutty
Poduval and produced and directed by Rajan
Poduval with the support of Kalamandalam
Vijayakrishnan and Shri Vinayan and
Kalamandalam Maya of Triveni School of
Classical Dance, Chennai.
For more details, contact Rajan
Poduval, Secretary, Kalasagar (9282449995)
View Flier
Ashtapadiyattam tries a Kerala return
- T.K. Sreevalsan, The Hindu, August 4, 2013
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An Exhibition of Photographs by Suresh
Punjabi curated by Christopher Pinney titled
“Studio Suhag” @ Art Heritage
Gallery, opening with a book launch by
Chritopher Pinney “Artisan Camera: Studio
photography from Central India”.
Duration: 25th September – 9th October
(except Sundays and Bank Holidays)
Time: Daily 11am-7pm
(Opening: 25th September, 2013 at 5.30 pm)
Studio Suhag provides a glimpse
into small-town India – Nagda, an
industrial town in Madhya Pradesh in the
late 1970s. The exhibition presented the
highlights of some two thousand or so
images salvaged after the monsoon of 2010
by the Visual Anthropologist Christopher
Pinney in collaboration with Suresh
Punjabi, the Studio owner.
Studio Suhag has always been a space for
fantasy, a chamber of dreams where clients
(sometimes using propos available in the
studio) would incarnate themselves as
glamorous brides-to-be (dangling plastic
grapes), impressively attired
professionals, or filmi heroes and
villains. It was also the venue for
villagers and townspeople to celebrate
festivals, friendship and family. At
Eid customers brought in their goats to be
photographed, so filled were they with
love and pride. At Rakshabandan brothers
and sisters arrived at the studio so that
their enduring bonds might be rendered
photographically permanent. At the end of
the month of Shravan, when many men grew
their beards as an outward sign of their
fast, they arrived to be photographed
en-route to the barber. All of this took
place in a claustrophobic space captured
in medium format with Suresh’s battered
Yashica.
Studio Suhag! presents a city in effigy,
undoubtedly the most comprehensive and
significant archive relating to the
everyday life of Nagda Jn, Madhya Pradesh
(and possibly any similar-sized town), in
the late twentieth century. It makes
visible a vernacular modernism, a lost way
of small-town life with all its improvised
inventions through images that also
dramatize the limits and potential of
photography.
Suresh Punjabi continues to run
Studio Suhag in Nagda Jn, Madhya Pradesh.
It is now completely digital.
Christopher Pinney is Professor of
Anthropology and Visual Culture at
University College, London. His book
Camera Indica: The Social Life of Indian
Photographs (1997) drew heavily upon
conversations with Suresh Punjabi whom he
has known since 1982. His research
interests cover the art and visual culture
of South Asia, with a particular focus on
the history of photography and
chromolithography in India. He has also
worked on industrial labor and Dalit
goddess possession.
An Exhibition of Photographs by Cop Shiva
titled “My Life is my Message”
Duration: 25th September – 9th October
(except Sundays and Bank Holidays)
Time: Daily 11am-7pm
(Opening: 25th September, 2013 at 5.30 pm)
In this exhibition Shiva
presents 2 bodies of work – communicating
the interplay of shifting identities as
his subjects live out two lives – one
real, and the other fictional. This sense
of ‘duality’ reflects a split in the
artist himself, as he moves between his
vocation as a policeman by day, and his
passion for photography in his leisure
time. This journey through life leads ‘Cop
Shiva’ (the photographer’s professional
title) to two middleclass individuals -
Basavaraju and Vidyasagar - who inhabit
different worlds as part of their ‘normal’
daily routine, capturing the process of
their transformations.
B. S. Shivaraju aka Cop Shiva
is a policeman in real life and learnt
photography so as to document events.
Hailing from a village near Bangalore, he
focuses on shooting people and
‘portraiture’ as a genre. He is fascinated
with the idea of masquerade and the roles
people play in public and private. Shiva
continues to capture the diversity of
humans who live on the edge, those who
represent, most acutely, the spirit of our
times.
Venue: Art Heritage Gallery, Triveni
Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, New Delhi
110001
Contact: +91-11-23719470
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"MACHINE MANUSHYA", an art exhibition
by Baadal Nanjundaswamy
on 1st Sept, 2013 Sunday, 5:30pm. Show open
til 5th Sept, 2013
at Sabrang Art Gallery, Sarswathipuram,
Mysore.
Timing;- 10.30 am to 8.30 pm
Contact: H G kumar Gowrav, Subrang Art
Gallery
Ph: 9686951113 / 0821-4192841
# 656/c, 17th Main, 5th Cross, opposite
Royal English School, Sarswathipuram, Mysore
- 570009
sabrangartgallery2012@gmail.com
youtube.com/watch?v=VV5XYs8aGcc
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Select artists came together as the
Artistes Collective to exhibit and
raise funds for Uttarakhand - a collection
of some excellent works for a cause. At the
India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.
Photos: Anoop Arora
narthaki.com/ss/ac1.html
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View
Invitation
Mahakumbabishekam of Sri Dharmavalli Ambal
samedha Sri Karavandheeswara Swami
Thirukovil
Thanjavur district, Papanasam, Udayaarkovil
About the temple
Sri
Dharmavalli Ambal samedha Shri
Karavandheeswara Swamy temple is situated in a village
called Odayarkoil, which is about 20 KM from
Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, called in earler years
as “the granary of South India”. Odayarkoil
is a small village, consisting of two
administrative units, viz. Keelakovilpathu
and Vadapatty with a population of not more
than 1000 households and 5000 people. The
Temple has inscriptions of the Chola King
Rajendra Chola I, son of the Great Raja Raja
Chola, who built the BIG Temple of
Thanjavur. Rajendra Chola I is called the
Greater son of A Great Father.
Read more
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"Earth Sensitive Art"
Apr 4 - Apr 10, 2013 everyday at
Bimba, The Art Ashram
Earth Sensitive Art - an exhibition of works
by artist Deepika Dorai. Art and artefacts
created over the last few years in and
around the 100 year old building restored by
her and in surrounding spaces architected
and handcrafted from Earthy features - a
reflection of life values that tells many a
story in handmade Green Art.
View the invitation
#42, ratnavilas road (opp canara bank dvg
road branch/near nagasandra circle)
Basavanagudi
Bengaluru-560004
For more details call Deepak (9886635069)
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Kalakendra celebrated the timeless magic
of stories and story tellers, this World
Story Telling Day.
Of the many ways in which we learn new ideas
and expand our creative and intellectual
horizons, the one that appeals the most to
all of us irrespective of our age is
learning through stories. Indeed, it is what
we learn through stories that stay with us
for years, remaining vivid in our memories
because of the images they invoke in our
minds.
Free previews of different story telling
styles that will appeal to listeners of all
ages.
Saamarthiya
Kadhaigal is an interesting collection
of moral based stories for children rendered
in Tamil by E.Jothi. The ancient Indian
tradition of Harikatha, is among the oldest
forms of storytelling which integrate music,
mime and literature, elevating the text from
being merely a literary work to a complete
aesthetic experience. Choice vignettes from
Dushhyant
Sridhar's contemporary rendition of
Harikatha Srinivasa Kalyanam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNL4HJp2Pc)and the
legendary T
S Balakrishna Sastrigal's inimitable
rendition of the Bhagavatam
youtube.com/watch?v=wCtSmsVN3wc
Excerpts from Kalki's Tamil classic, "Sivagamiyin
Sabatham" youtube.com/watch?v=_dEgXAWQtYU, forever enshrined in the
hearts of millions of readers across the
world as one of the best works of Tamil
historical fiction.
With great joy at being able to do our bit
to promote traditional forma of story
telling,
Kalakendra Team
+91-44-24984050
©2013 Swathi Soft Solutions | 5, Ananda
Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600018
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Sri Geetagovinda Pratisthana presented Third
Edition of Ashtapadi Festival, The
Complete Experience of Jayadeva’s
Geetagovinda
on March 9 and10, 2013, 6.30pm at Kamani
Auditorium, New Delhi.
In this is 3rd edition of this unique
festival, the Geetagovinda Pratisthana presented thirteen of the songs of the
Geetagovinda in major Indian classical dance
forms – Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi and
Mohiniattam. The festival featured some
classic choreography by all time greats like
Kelucharan Mahapatra, Vempatti Chinna Satyam
as well as some recent and new choreography.
Senior dancers Madhavi Mudgal (Odissi),
Deepti Omcheri Bhalla (Mohiniattam) and
young maestros Sathyanarayana Raju
(Bharatnatyam) and Srimayi Vempati
(Kuchipudi) performed in the festival. Dr.
Subas Pani curated the festival as its
creative director.
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Dec 29, 2012 - Jan 8, 2013
A commemorative paintings exhibition on
Mother Teresa, Communicator of Passion
33 paintings by 23 artists from 6 states
produced in National Artists' Camp in 2011,
the birth centenary year of Mother Teresa of
Kolkata.
Organised by Art and Soul in collaboration
with Official Social Communications,
Catholic Bishops; Conference of India
(CBCI-OSC), New Delhi
Inauguration on 29th Dec 2102, 6pm
Participating artists:
Alphonso Arul Doss, Anita Vegas, Augustine
Annadurai, TM Azis, CB Bahuleyan, Benny
Paul, Blaise Joseph, Francis Kodenkandath, R
Jacob Jebaraj, S Jayaraj, John Pereira, G
Johnson, OC Martin, KT Mathai, Norman
Tagore, G Raman, Ritu Singh, K Roy Thomas,
Roy M Thottathil SJ, Saju Thuruthil, Sam
Adaikalasamy, Suman Bhuyan, M Suriya Moorthy
Venue: Gallery Art and Soul, 204 - A, East
Coast Road, Akkarai, Chennai - 600119 ; Ph:
91 44 24530033 / 91 72997 73311 ;
email: info@artnsoul.co.in
11am to 9 pm. Monday Holiday
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